Amos named Mountain East commissioner

The Mountain East Conference named Reid Amos its first commissioner Monday.

Amos, vice president of broadcasting at West Liberty, had been serving as recording secretary and spokesperson for the conference, plus he worked as a liaison between the NCAA and the Board since the decision to form a new league was reached.

The Mountain East officially applied Monday to become NCAA's newest Division II conference in 2013-14. The league's charter members include Concord, Fairmont State, Glenville State, Notre Dame (Ohio), Shepherd, the University of Charleston, Virginia Wise, Urbana (Ohio), West Liberty, West Virginia State, Wheeling Jesuit and West Virginia Wesleyan.